Show MAKING MOST OF THE PHLOX by L M bennington nearly everyone can grow phlox and have what Is regarded as great success yet few even among professional gardeners know how to coax the great eat growth and beauty out of this plant hardy phlox can be transplanted trane planted at any time preferably in the fall or early spring by dividing old clumps or they can be grown from seeds planted very shallow as soon as ab they are ripe when allowed to become dry they are more or less disappointing in germination so BO that we may say that division Is the best beat method it if string divisions are taken early in april and planted about 15 or IS 18 inches apart and tile the tops are pinched back when about 4 inches high to make them spread and not more than two or three growths are allowed they will give a very largo large head of bloom with a maximum of florets floreas flo give clean culture and an occasional dressing of manure or manure water hy by this method of culture the phlox becomes an exceptional flower when compared with the big clumps that most people allow to grow to get best results they should be planted new each tall fall or spring and give plenty of water while in bloom when big masses of at plants are desired about one third of the sterna stems should be pinched back this will produce a much longer season ot of blooming |